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Meet women's basketball's ultimate super fans

In a largely empty Mack arena, the chanting and stomping of a small group of supporters fills the quiet void. Some might describe them as hooligans, but that categorization would be a disservice to the impact they make on the competition at stake. Lining the front row of the student section, Hofstra’s men's club ultimate frisbee team never skips a beat to make their presence felt from tip-off to buzzer. One would be hard-pressed to find a group of more dedicated and engaged fans of Hofstra women’s basketball. The self-proclaimed “Flying Dutchmen” have been frustrating opposing benches and toeing the line between fandom and fanaticism for years.

Music Fest 2019: Old and new sound combined

Despite the rain, Hofstra University’s 2019 Music Fest proved to be a day of firsts for up-and-coming artists as well as a moment of reverie and recollection. Performers included new-comers The WAVE and Band, Unispan Records artist KarmaRe and headliners Shortly and DRAM.

Hofstra University’s chapter of the Alpha Epsilon Pi fraternity was suspended on Monday, May 13, after a five-second video clip purportedly showing fraternity members forcing a dog to ingest beer circulated across social media.

In the past decade, our screens and lives have been dominated by superhero content. Suddenly, debates between family members at Thanksgiving shifted from being completely about political parties to choosing sides between DC or Marvel.

Nominations for the 2019 Tony Awards were announced on Tuesday, April 30. This Broadway season has been dominated by musicals based on movies, books and iconic musicians. Despite concerns about theatre (namely musicals) becoming too commercialized, 21 of the 34 Tony-eligible shows this season were plays and only 13 were musicals.

It’s official: Summer is near. Whether you’re spending summer vacation at the beach, eating ice cream or grinding for that summer job money, one thing that could make your summer even better is the music you listen to.

Hofstra University’s chapter of the Alpha Epsilon Pi fraternity was suspended on Monday, May 13, after a five-second video clip purportedly showing fraternity members forcing a dog to ingest beer circulated across social media.

Gathering universities from all over the east coast, Hofstra’s Alpha Lambda chapter of the TriBeta national biological honor society for undergraduate students and the University’s biology department co-hosted the 2019 NE-1 regional conference on Saturday, April 27.

At approximately 10 a.m. on Friday, May 3, Public Safety officers responded to a report of an unknown male making suggestive comments to female students in the fourth-floor women’s restroom of Vander Poel Hall. The two students were physically unharmed and called Public Safety after fleeing the bathroom to their dormitory, which is next to the restroom on that floor.

Hofstra Hillel held their annual Six Hours for the Six Million event on Wednesday, May 1, outside of Hammer computer lab. Every year students and faculty gather for six hours to read the names of Jews who perished in the Holocaust, commemorating Yom HaShoah, Holocaust Remembrance Day.

On Monday, April 22, Gov. Andrew Cuomo made an Earth Day announcement officially banning the sale of single-use plastic bags in New York. The legislation will go into effect next spring, according to the governor’s website. Hofstra students and faculty share their beliefs on how the ban will affect the university’s environmental impact.

The offense of the Hofstra baseball team came alive in their 16-8 road win over the Long Island University Blackbirds on Tuesday, May 12. Sean Flaherty led the charge with four RBIs and Vito Friscia added three hits. Steven Boscia got the start for the Pride, pitching four innings and earning a no decision.

Down 11-3 heading into the bottom of the 6th inning, the Hofstra baseball team scored eight unanswered runs against Sacred Heart University to force extra innings in a game that was cut short in 12th due to impending darkness. The non-conference contest, held on Wednesday May 8 at University Field, ended in an 11-11 tie. This marks Hofstra’s first tie game in over nine years, when they tied with the New York Institute of Technology (NYIT) on April 28, 2010.